Combined footboard and wagon box



1499121 E. E. PARSONAGE'ET AL I COMBINED FOOTBOARD AND WAGON BOX June 24, 1924;.

Filed April 5. 1920 vmhaa Patented June 24, 19242,

EDWARD E. PARSONAGE, 0F ZVIOLINE, ILLIIJGIS, AND GHAEL TRENTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNQlR-S T A CORPGBATION OFILLINQIS.

ES B. GRUTCHFIEL'D, 03E

0 DEERE AND CQMPANY, OF MOLINE, ILLIII 01S,

COMBINED FGOEEQARD AND WAGON BOX.

Application filed April 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD E. PARSON- AGE, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, and

5 CHARLES E. CRUTGHFIELD, residing at Trenton, in the county of Todd and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Footboards and Wagon Boxes, of which the following in is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Our invention relates to wagons and more particularly to necessary fixtures therefor, and the object of our invention is to sim- 5 olify and economize the construction and attachment of such fixtures.

Referring to the drawings in which similar numerals indicate identical parts- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front end of a wagon body embodying my improvement, and

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure l. g

The wagon body is of a well known construction and includes side boards 1 and front end boards 2 secured together by rods 3 and 4 in a manner well known in the art.

Ordinarily, when the driver of the wagon is sitting, a seat (not shown) is supplied and a foot board 5 is necessary, this footboard I hinge to the rod b straps 6 secured to the foot board 5 and having their rear ends bent toloosely encircle the rod 4 so that the foot board 5 can be freely raised or lowered. Beneath the footboard 5 is abox 7 rigidly secured to the wagon body and having its upper edge declined rearwardly. Upon 1920. Serial 1%. 371,1

this to not only provid the feet oil;

upper edge the footboard 5 normally rests e a rest and a brace for the driver but to operate as a cover for the box in which tools or other property can be c The box 7 is a arried.

trapezium in cross section, but we do not limit ourselves to far as the body of the box is concerned and to which our invention of a top or cover,

of the box to the wagon body,

declining from the front is employed and utilized as a foot rest.

It is common to the wagon body b clined separate 7 cover, in

provide a box secured to ut with its top edge defrom the wagon body and having a my construction, as explained, the upper edge of the box is declined. rearwardly board as a cover,

and we utilize the footcombining the utility of both, and reducing the cost of construction and simplifying it lVhat we claim i l. The combinat its upper edge inc at the same time. S

the front thereof having lined forwardly and up wardly with respect to a horizontal plane,

and a foot board body and forming 2. The combinat of a box secured on mounted. a top for the box.

ion with a wagon body, theiront thereof having on the wagon its upper edge inclined forwardly and up wardly with respect to a horizontal plane,

and a top for said box hingedly secured on the wagon body and operating as a foot rest and brace.

CHARLES E. CRUTCHFIELD.

ion with a wagon body, f of a box secured on 

